Βρεττανός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πρεττανός (Prettanós), Βρετανός (Bretanós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bret.ta.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bret.taˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βret.taˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vret.taˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vre.taˈnos/
Noun
Βρεττᾰνός • (Brettănós) m (genitive Βρεττᾰνοῦ); second declension (feminine: Βρεττᾰνῐ́ς)
- an inhabitant of the British Isles or of Great Britain; a Briton; a Brython
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Βρεττᾰνός ho Brettănós |
τὼ Βρεττᾰνώ tṑ Brettănṓ |
οἱ Βρεττᾰνοί hoi Brettănoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βρεττᾰνοῦ toû Brettănoû |
τοῖν Βρεττᾰνοῖν toîn Brettănoîn |
τῶν Βρεττᾰνῶν tôn Brettănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βρεττᾰνῷ tōî Brettănōî |
τοῖν Βρεττᾰνοῖν toîn Brettănoîn |
τοῖς Βρεττᾰνοῖς toîs Brettănoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βρεττᾰνόν tòn Brettănón |
τὼ Βρεττᾰνώ tṑ Brettănṓ |
τοὺς Βρεττᾰνούς toùs Brettănoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Βρεττᾰνέ Brettăné |
Βρεττᾰνώ Brettănṓ |
Βρεττᾰνοί Brettănoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Βρεττανία (Brettanía)
Descendants
- Greek: Βρετανός (Vretanós)
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
Greek
Etymology
Spelling from Ancient Greek Βρεττανός (Brettanós).
Noun
Βρεττανός • (Vrettanós) m (plural Βρεττανοί, feminine Βρεττανή)
- obsolete spelling of Βρετανός (Vretanós); found in dictionaries up to the 1950s